In some ways, women have never had greater opportunities: They make up the majority
of college graduates and now account for one-third of lawyers and doctors.

Despite these advances, the economic picture for women has never been more precarious.
Women make up two-thirds of minimum wage workers, are increasingly acting as both
primary breadwinners and primary caretakers, and on average still earn less than
their male counterparts for performing the same work.

To explore these issues, The Atlantic is teaming up with Maria Shriver, who next
week releases a year-long study on poverty among women.
The Shriver Report: A Woman’s
Nation Pushes Back from the Brink, published
with the Center for American Progress, explores the political, social, and
cultural reasons for America’s economic gender inequality -- and explains
what can be done about it.